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Title: | Thematic analysis of medical notes offers preliminary insight into precipitants for asian suicide attempters: An exploratory study | Authors: | Choo, C.C Ho, R.C Burton, A.A.D |
Keywords: | conceptual framework hospital sector mental health qualitative analysis risk factor suicide academic stress adolescent adult aged Article Asian child Chinese controlled study emergency ward environmental stress exploratory research female financial deficit financial strain hospital admission human human relation Indian legal aspect major clinical study Malay (people) male medical record medical research mental disease pain physical disease preliminary data psychologic assessment qualitative research research question school child Singapore social stress suicide attempt teaching hospital textual data thematic analysis very elderly Asian continental ancestry group medical record mental disease middle aged procedures psychology risk assessment risk factor statistics and numerical data suicide attempt young adult Singapore [Southeast Asia] Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Asian Continental Ancestry Group Child Female Humans Male Medical Records Mental Disorders Middle Aged Risk Assessment Risk Factors Singapore Suicide, Attempted Young Adult |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | MDPI | Citation: | Choo, C.C, Ho, R.C, Burton, A.A.D (2018). Thematic analysis of medical notes offers preliminary insight into precipitants for asian suicide attempters: An exploratory study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15 (4) : 809. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040809 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | One important dynamic risk factor for suicide assessment includes suicide precipitant. This exploratory study used a qualitative paradigm to look into the themes surrounding precipitants for suicide attempts in Singapore. Medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore over a three year period were subjected to analysis. A total of 666 cases were examined (69.2% females; 63.8% Chinese, 15% Malays, 15.8% Indians), ages ranged from 10 years old to 85 years old (Mean = 29.7, Standard Deviation = 16.1). The thematic analysis process that was applied to the textual data elicited key concepts labelled as Relationship issues, Financial strain, Socio-legal-academic-environmental stress, and Physical and mental illness and pain. Interpreted with other recent local research on suicide attempters in Singapore, the findings have implications for informing suicide interventions. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | Source Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183849 | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph15040809 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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